Mission to Nar Shaddaa [Black Sun]

[Soeht]

A discreet shuttle entered the ecumenopolis's smog-filled atmosphere. It appeared to be just as any other ship that entered the crime-filled moon. However, on board the ship were agents of the Republic. One such agent, the one charged with executing its mission, was Daella Apparine, Knight of the Republic. She along with @[member="Diana Moridena"] and her Padawan @[member="Sopher Jakobs"] arrived on Nar Shaddaa for the purpose of negotiating with Black Sun's leadership. @[member="Domino"], the Underlord, had been informed of the Republic's intentions to meet and that such a meeting would be in peace.

Once the shuttle landed in a public spaceport according to procedure on Nar Shaddaa, Daella exited with her entourage. She awaited for Black Sun officials to greet her, as had been scheduled, yet she still had her lightsaber clipped to her belt in the event that the Black Sun wished to harass the dignitaries.

 

[Aela Kellov]

An armed woman walked up to meet the group as the ship landed. She was among those sent by @[member="Domino"] to greet the Republic officials who'd come to talk with her. The hunter had her helmet on as well, covering her face from the group. She thought of it as a decent precaution in the case things went sour and, well, one thing Aela didn't want was a ticked off Jedi who knew her face chasing after her. Not that it mattered due to her hatred fr the Jedi in general. But for the sake of the Black Suns, and the fact she wanted to make a good impression on being a newest member, she played things professionally.

Once the group came close enough she asked "@[member="Daella Apparine"]?" Once it was confirmed Aela pointed behind her and said "Domino's waiting. You know who this works. Cause no trouble and you'll get none in return. Think your friend will remember that?" she indicated the other two she'd brought with her.

@[member="Sopher Jakobs"] @[member="Diana Moridena"]

 

[Cedric Dorn]

Diana didn't say a word as the mercenary spoke, she was not really interested in what the woman had to say. She was here as a representative of the Jedi Order, as a guard of Daella's. That was her only purpose here. She would not start any trouble here unless trouble was asked to be started. Of course when you were in the midst of the galaxies most wanted criminals...trouble was easy to start.

The Jedi Knight continued to stay quiet, though she observed everyone and everything carefully. Her blade Tyrfing was on her back, and her two dueling lightsabers sat on her hips. The two blades had been returned to her when she had come back to the Order, and truthfully she was glad to have them back. She felt whole once again, though perhaps that was the wrong word. Either way however she was happy to have her lightsabers, though three weapons was a tad overkill really.

Quickly Diana followed after Daella, her sword clinking against her robe slightly as they began to walk. Today would be interesting.

 

[Domino]

"The delegation just arrived on Nar Shaddaa, Vigo. Hunter Kellov has gone to greet them." With a nod to show she'd heard the man, Domino dismissed the assistant without ever taking her eyes off the moon below. She was somewhat wary of sending a member so new that they'd never met on such an important task. But it just showed the human the enormous amount of trust she was placing in her and would make her all the more grateful for it. It would also make her aware of just how proportionally displeased she would be if the hunter messed up if she were smart enough to read all the connotations.

@[member="Aela Kellov "]should next be taking the Republic expedition to the spaceport's VIP section where they would be politely disarmed and scanned for further weapons, spying devices, and the like before boarding a second shuttle up to Station Six where Domino made her residency. Should an individual refuse to give over their weapons, they would be offered a rather elegant waiting room to, well, wait in. This wasn't the Republic where security was so lax that just anybody could walk in off the street. The Black Sun Guard would work to protect their head of state. Honor guard lined the reception hanger and flanked every door along the path from it to the Vigo's office where she waited along with her head of security and an... adviser.

@[member="Diana Moridena"] @[member="Daella Apparine"]

 

[Amarant]

Mr. Ash sighed as he accompanied a security detail. Great. Jedi. The "peace-keepers" who invaded planets for the Republic's profit. He may have been an amoral son of a blaster bolt, but the Jedi were unpredictable. He stood there, doing what he was paid to do--look implacable. "Welcome," he said with the sort of quiet calm you expect a spider to say to to a wasp, "to Nar Shadaa, Miss Apparine," he said calmly. "I trust your trip was pleasant," he mused thoughtfully.

He smiled grimly, his typical rictus grin cutting through the atmosphere with all the subtlety and grace of--well, a black skull grinning in the haze of Nar Shaddaa. He wasn't normally one to attend this sort of function, but hey, affairs of state were affairs of state. He nodded calmly as he looked at the other guards. "Please follow us," he said as he began to walk towards the office. More secret lairs and meetings to doom. Or something. He led them down a catwalk, sending a silent chirp to Lady Domino. "Your guests are here. Some of them are armed," he mused quietly. He waited for further orders. He wasn't going to push his luck with the crazy people.

@[member="Daella Apparine"] @Aela Kellov

 

[Soeht]

When @[member="Aela Kellov "]greeted Daella, she gave a slight bow with her right hand hovering over her heart. She then turned to @[member="Diana Moridena"] after Aela asked if Diana would behave. Turning back to Aela, Daella gave a sharp nod down. Just as she did with Aela, she also silently greeted @[member="Mr. Ash"] with a bow, and gave an affirmative nod to his question.

Then, Daella would follow Aela through the spaceport. Once they reached the checkpoint to be disarmed, Daella calmly declined.

“While I have no intention of using my lightsaber,” she said with a stoic expression, “In good judgment, I cannot relinquish my weapons. My apologies to the Vigo. We can speak via holo.”

 

[Aela Kellov]

After @[member="Daella Apparine"] gave her response Aela simply said "Good." before leading them onward. When they'd come to @Mr. Ash she nodded to him, indicating they were compliant so far. By the time they'd reached the security checkpoint motioned for the guests to stop and explained "Need to secure your weapons. Safety precautions and all that." It was at the point she was about to take hers that Daella had said how she wouldn't let her saber go. Aela looked back to Mr. Ash, being he was the one with the link to @[member="Domino"] and waited to hear her response. She moved over to @[member="Diana Moridena"] instead, thinking that while one could get away with it not all of them could.

 

[Cedric Dorn]

Diana slowly tilted her head towards the hunter, her expression was one of stoic displeasure and dislike. If Daella wasn't giving up her weapons, then there was no way in hell that Diana was. While Daella was far more...intelligent when it came to political matters and talking Diana was much more of a weapons expert. She was a fighter, a scrapper through and through.

“No.” Diana simply said in response as the woman came over to her. She found it completely unnecessary to give away her weapon. She was a Jedi Knight of the Order, she posed no threat to anyone unless the first sought to harm her, and even then she would never aim to kill. If anything the three Jedi should be asking them to release themselves of their weapons given that they were all dangerous felons.

She decided not to voice these concerns however and instead kept her stoic appearance of displeasure. Begrudgingly however she added to her simple no. “You have my word as a Jedi that I will draw none of my weapons unless absolutely necessary.”

 

[Grundark]

The massive form of Vigo's Head of Security stood behind her his eyes moving across the room, and the various people in it. He didn't like the idea of Jedi even in the room with Vigo, but he understood the value of bravado as well. Let someone think you're afraid, and they'd find the courage to act somewhere inside of them. This was the Black Sun's territory, and the home of Vigo, no one was coming here on anyone's terms, but her's. That's where Grundark came in, and that was where it ended as far as he was concerned.

Once the Jedi had landed there shuttle the Black Sun's fleet marked it, and brought a squadron of fighters nearby in orbit just in case. The space station had been surrounded by Black Sun's fleet, and one of the newer mercenaries had already been sent down to the planet to greet the Jedi. There was a kink in the plan there though rather then give up their weapons they requested to discuss things with Vigo via holo. "Gundark would requires you to send them to the waiting room, @[member="Aela Kellov "]. If they decide to give up their weapons, or return to the Republic, call Gundark first before they leave."

Turning towards @[member="Domino"] the Cragmoloid explained himself to his superior. "Gundark knows that some weapons can lock onto the holo signal, and use it to fire upon the Vigo's location. The holo communication might also be sliced into, Vigo runs an army of criminals not saints." Awaiting the head of the Black Sun's thoughts on his order he keyed in orders for fighters, and bombers to be at the ready just in case they were needed. Even if she disagreed his orders stood until she announced, and until she did to attempt to leave the moon was to face a barrage of fire no ship could get through.

@[member="Daella Apparine"] @Mr. Ash @[member="Diana Moridena"]

 

[Domino]

Still looking down on the moon from the window behind her desk, Domino nodded her assent before speaking. "Let them leave if they so choose, but I doubt they'll want to return to their masters only to report that they never even left the spaceport." It wasn't like they could pretend to leave the moon only to force a docking on the station either. It was parked right between the moon and Nal Hutta, which would make any ship trying to do so be flying deeper into the gravity well, not out of it. "Considering the recent events on their own capital I'm sure they'll realize why I feel this is prudent given that such a tragedy was wrought by fellow darksiders. Some Jedi have problems differentiating between us." Finally Domino turned away from the window and picked up a still steaming cup of cafe from her desk by its rim. Then she looked over the deployments projected over her desk while taking a short sip. A few short swipes and her fingers had moved the squadron waypoint icons around, focusing them more on defense against an incoming attack rather than containment overkill.
@[member="Grundark"] @[member="Diana Moridena"] @Aela Kellov @[member="Daella Apparine"] @Mr. Ash

 

[Soeht]

When @[member="Diana Moridena"] spoke, Daella immediately took her right arm and silently placed it before Diana - as if to hold her back. The act was swift and the look in Daella’s eyes was stern. Yet, her vision drifted toward the ground at Diana’s feet.

Then, Daella turned back toward the Black Sun’s personnel. She looked up toward @Grundark’s “face” when he spoke.

Several seconds after he spoke, Daella spoke out asking, “Is Vigo @[member="Domino"] against a holo conversation?”

 

[Grundark]

With a nod the mercenary watched her change the flight paths to better protect the station above. "Grundakr understands, but Grundark trusts no one that comes to talk, but won't leave their weapons." Walking over to a holo display he stared down at the Vigo's tiny fingers, he wondered what it be like to be able to use all these common items. Feth, he wondered what it was like to pilot a fighter.

"Grundark will be leaving after this for Hapes, seems there is plenty of work there the Black Suns can make quite a bit of money. Grundark also has deposited his ten percent of his bounty for Allie Wren into the Suns." Turning his head towards Mr. Ash he sniffed the air with his trunk. "You smell oddly, little man, not normal."

 

[Amarant]

Mr. Ash sighed. He was supposed to let multiple Jedi in the room with their leader of state--after said group had already had people "go rogue" and attack her without cause or warrant previously. He was the most experienced person here. He simply shook his head. "This isn't the Republic. The Jedi are not trusted here merely on their word, particularly after the convenient turnabout and defection of one of your people after they attacked the Vigo on Contruum," he said, taking the tone of a teacher lecturing schoolchildren.

"I could have searched your ship," he said dryly. "I could have forcibly scanned your persons. I have done neither of these things, because I was optimistically hoping the Jedi could cooperate on mutual respect of planetary sovereignty. Please, relinquish your weapons into custody, or, send someone who is willing to respect protocol on the next trip," he said calmly. "The Lady Vigo has made it clear that your business is too important to relay by holocommunication, and I will not compromise her safety simply on your word," he said coolly.

He nodded to the astute Cragmoloid. "I'm not normal. That's not important right now, however. If the Jedi relinquish their weaponry, could you take it to holding area seven? Our visitors goods must remain secure, after all." His eyes flickered red. "Are we clear? Or would you prefer to call a higher-ranking Jedi? I can escort you to a holocomm center should you need to clarify this discrepancy with your superiors," Mr. Ash said as he adjusted his necktie. "The shuttle leaves for the Vigo's office with or without you, as I have reports to make. You have to decide quickly." He probably would have grumbled more here, had he been human. Honestly, where was the professionalism? Even criminals would submit to an arms check for a secure meeting at a seedy dive bar, for pete's sake.


@Grundark@Daella Apparine@Domino@Diana Moridena@Aela Kellov

 

[Soeht]

After @[member="Grundark"] spoke again, Daella looked down for a moment. She spent several more seconds in silence. Then she looked up toward Grundark. She kept in arms relaxed and draped in front of her, with her hands crossed. She then turned to @[member="Mr. Ash"] as he spoke.

"Please forward this to Vigo @[member="Domino"], then. I'll be brief," she began with her gaze upon Mr. Ash, "The Republic has been the target of hostility for too long. This will no longer be tolerated. The Republic asks that the Black Sun takes no action against the Republic regardless of any action it takes in the upcoming future, short of open hostilities on this organization. Should the Black Sun pledge this, the Republic will reciprocate in kind."

 

[Aela Kellov]

Aela, at this point, had been leading against a nearby wall. Why did the Jedi have to be so stubborn about this? It wasn't like they had anything planned for them, at least not that she was aware of. Besides this was just a business talk. If things were to get hostile it would've had to be something really sour to piss off @[member="Domino"] on their part. Regardless Aela basically just waited to see what would happen. Now came when @[member="Grundark"] said how he'd be heading to Hapes and huffed a little. She heard of the situation there but knew to stay clear of it. Unless we was being hired to do a job there no way she was getting involved in all the poodoo storms going on. Finally came the point where @[member="Daella Apparine"] gave her little proposal for the Vigo, making Aela title her head a little. If this was the only thing they came to talk about, maybe it should've been done over holopad. At least with a message that short. Still she waited for orders from either Domino or @Mr. Ash on what to do next, though she would've kicked them off them moment she decided not to give up their weapons. Rules were rules after all.

@Diana Moridena

 

[Amarant]

Ash glowered. "Lieutenant Shori'im" he said to one of his men, clad in a simple black robe. "Form 3729," he said as the young, nervous Lieutenant handed him a datapad. "You will each write declare every weapon you have brought in. If you lie and our security scanners not otherwise, you be held for conspiracy to assault a governing official, which is punishable by 45 years hard labor." He handed them the datapad. "Hurry along, now. I don't have all day to deal with your constant whining about acknowledging the laws on a planet you don't own. The Vigo needs to hear this in person, so quit arguing and comply. Are we clear?"

The about of legal rule-bending he was doing to let in supposed diplomats with their weapons was ridiculous. But he had his damn orders. Basically, he was declaring them security personnel and granting them a temporary license, and he was going to have to pay for it privately, from his own funding. "Don't give me any Poodoo and tell me it's herbal tea. Now, the two of you, myself, and Miss Kellov will get on the shuttle. You so much as scuff somebody's shoes, you're locked up until I say otherwise. The remainder of your people will stay planetside. And you may keep your weapons."

Mr. Ash knew this meeting was important, so he complied with these arrogant, sniveling twerps. A real master of the force wouldn't have needed a lightsaber anyhow--he had just been asking for some courtesy. But now, what few subroutines the old droid had devoted to civility had gone out the window. "Let's move," He said walking to the shuttle to the space station.

@[member="Aela Kellov "]@[member="Daella Apparine"]@[member="Diana Moridena"]@[member="Domino"]


(OOC: Gundrak is on the station with Domino, I screwed up my location and confused them all)

 

[Soeht]

Silently, Daella listened to @Mr. Ash. As soon as he handed the datapad to her, she quickly declared a single lightsaber clearly strapped to the right of her hip. Then, Daella handed the pad to @[member="Diana Moridena"], who would then hand it to Daella’s Padawam @[member="Sopher Jakobs"].

No one complaint or word escaped Daella’s lips, just simple nods. She followed Mr. Ash to the shuttle that would take them to @[member="Domino"]. Daella would be willing to follow directions and protocol needed to get the message to the Vigo barring disarming herself in such a way that would make self-protection difficult.

 

[Cedric Dorn]

Diana took the pad and stared at her for a few minutes, unsure of what to do. She looked at @[member="Daella Apparine"] with some confusion for a few seconds, and then simply nodded to her Bladesister. If she filled out the form, then Diana would as well.

The list of weapons that Diana carried began with the sword Tyrfing on her back, and ended with a small punch knife hidden inside of her boot. In the end the list was so long that most of the gangsters surrounding them would be jealous. In the end she simply handed the datapad to @[member="Sopher Jakobs"], looking at the scrawny child with a smile.

 

[Allyson Locke]

Sopher stood there with a large backpack on his back. He came along for his first trip off-world. From his understanding this was a very important meeting with the members of the Black Sun. When his Master had explained to him the trip, Sopher had quickly run down to the archives to look up anything on the Black Sun – he wanted to be of some use to the woman. The Padawan remained quiet, fully understanding his role.

He patted himself down as his Master and her bladesister listed down their weapons. He thought about the idea of bladesister and wondered how they were related. Taking a look back at the women he couldn’t put where they looked related and decided to just ignore it. Grabbing the data pad he watched as it slipped through his fingers and crash on the ground, shattering. Blinking, he stared at it and then back up towards his master, then lastly towards Mr. Ash with a sheepish smile.

“I uh…I just have this….I am SO sorry”

Sopher unclipped the training saber at his side and showed it to the Black Sun bouncer.

@[member="Diana Moridena"] @[member="Daella Apparine"] @Mr. Ash @Aela Kellov @Grundark @Domino

 

[Amarant]

Mr. Ash nodded and entered the light saber into the datapad for the kid. "Now worries, young man," he said rather nicely. After all, this kid was just a kid. Why was a kid here anyway. Whatever, long lsit of not his problems.

"Alright, everybody on the shuttle," he said with a glare as he quickly moved up the ramp, signalling to the pilot.

--One Awkward silence later--

The ride to the station was uneventful. They docked, and Ash walked down the ramp, leading the group forward to Domino's office. He sent one last silent message to Domino via his internal commlink. "They will be here shortly. Keep weapons on stand-by for the guards, in case these lunatics are here to try something." He signaled to Aeal to cover the rear of the group.

He nodded, leading the Jedi around for a few minutes before stopping at the front door before it opens. "Come on in," he half-whispered ins his dry, gravelly, withered voice as he sat in a nearby chair by the door. He let the Jedi follow him in, and waited calmly. This would be fascinating. It'd be good to see how Domino handled affairs of state.